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Index of Subjects --_c1bf016f-a4f4-4953-81d1-8ac3e5ba09e1_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello all. It may be worth noting that it was a Nova Scotian who provided the confirma= tion that female Purple Finches sing. I can remember (many years ago) Robi= e Tufts telling me the story of how Harrison Lewis had determined this. As= in Pat's account=2C Lewis had been observing a nest of the species=2C and = had just finished checking its contents when a female plumaged bird came in= =2C sang and settled on the nest. Lewis watched until it left=2C then chec= ked the nest again and found one additional egg! I do not know if Lewis ev= er published the observation or not=2C but have no reason to doubt the vali= dity of the story. Cheers=2C =20 Wayne Neily =20 > Date: Fri=2C 26 Feb 2010 12:13:29 -0400 > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > From: plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] RE: "female" purple finch? >=20 >=20 > According to the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology's=20 > website=2C http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/search : >=20 > "Males sing three kinds of songs=2C all including the rich=2C slurred=20 > warbling characteristic of finch songs. There's the "warbling song=2C"=20 > a fast=2C rising and falling string of 6-23 notes often sung while=20 > flocking. Males usually sing a "territory song" alone=3B it begins with=20 > a few notes on the same pitch before breaking into warbling and=20 > ending with a high=2C emphatic note. The third is an up-and-down=20 > cadence of 2-5 notes that sounds similar to a Red-eyed Vireo's=20 > whistled hear-me?-see-me?-here-i-am. Females sing their own songs=2C a=20 > long 1-2 minute warbling from the nest. " >=20 > I remember reading that there was uncertainty for some time=20 > as to whether the females sang at all=2C since immature males can look=20 > just like them. Then someone who was keeping a breeding pair under=20 > observation=2C saw the female begin to incubate=2C and she sang while=20 > doing so! That clinched it ... >=20 > Cheers=2C >=20 > Patricia L. Chalmers > Halifax >=20 >=20 >=20 > At 11:40 AM 26/02/2010=2C Jim Wolford wrote: > > >does anyone know whether both sexes sing in purple finches? > > >Purple finches are notoriously variable in just when the young=20 > > males begin to take on the > > >raspberry-coloured features. -- I invite comments or corrections? Lanc= e? >=20 =20 _________________________________________________________________ --_c1bf016f-a4f4-4953-81d1-8ac3e5ba09e1_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style><!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px=3B padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt=3B font-family:Verdana } --></style> </head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'> Hello all. <P><BR>It may be worth noting that it was a Nova Scotian =3Bwho provide= d the confirmation that female Purple Finches sing. =3B I can remember = (many years ago) Robie Tufts telling me the story of how Harrison Lewis had= determined this. =3B As in =3BPat's account=2C Lewis had been obse= rving a nest of the species=2C and had just finished checking its contents = when a female plumaged bird came in=2C sang and settled on the nest. = =3B Lewis watched until it left=2C then checked the nest again and found on= e additional egg! =3B I do not know if Lewis ever published the observa= tion or not=2C but have no reason to doubt the validity of the story.<BR> <P class=3DecxecxMsoNormal> <P class=3DecxecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=3DEN-US><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman= "><STRONG><FONT size=3D5></FONT></STRONG></FONT></SPAN><BR> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> =3BCheers=2C</DIV> <DIV> =3B</DIV> <BR>Wayne Neily<BR><BR><BR> =3B <BR>>=3B Date: Fri=2C 26 Feb 2010 12:13:29 -0400<BR>>=3B To: naturens@c= hebucto.ns.ca<BR>>=3B From: plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca<BR>>=3B Subject:= Re: [NatureNS] RE: "female" purple finch?<BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B = According to the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology's <BR>>=3B website=2C = http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/search :<BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B "Males sin= g three kinds of songs=2C all including the rich=2C slurred <BR>>=3B warb= ling characteristic of finch songs. There's the "warbling song=2C" <BR>>= =3B a fast=2C rising and falling string of 6-23 notes often sung while <BR>= >=3B flocking. Males usually sing a "territory song" alone=3B it begins w= ith <BR>>=3B a few notes on the same pitch before breaking into warbling = and <BR>>=3B ending with a high=2C emphatic note. The third is an up-and-= down <BR>>=3B cadence of 2-5 notes that sounds similar to a Red-eyed Vire= o's <BR>>=3B whistled hear-me?-see-me?-here-i-am. Females sing their own = songs=2C a <BR>>=3B long 1-2 minute warbling from the nest. "<BR>>=3B <= BR>>=3B I remember reading that there was uncertainty for some time <BR>&= gt=3B as to whether the females sang at all=2C since immature males can loo= k <BR>>=3B just like them. Then someone who was keeping a breeding pair u= nder <BR>>=3B observation=2C saw the female begin to incubate=2C and she = sang while <BR>>=3B doing so! That clinched it ...<BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B C= heers=2C<BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B Patricia L. Chalmers<BR>>=3B Halifax<BR>>= =3B <BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B At 11:40 AM 26/02/2010=2C Jim Wolford = wrote:<BR>>=3B >=3B >=3Bdoes anyone know whether both sexes sing in p= urple finches?<BR>>=3B >=3B >=3BPurple finches are notoriously variab= le in just when the young <BR>&